Daily Archives: October 8, 2020

Lower Helb loan interest rates and 5 year repayment grace period for Loan beneficiaries

Beneficiaries of Higher Education Loans Board, Helb, funding would pay reduced loan interest rates if a Bill by Hon Gideon Keter (who is a Jubilee Party nominated Member of Parliament represent Youth interests in the National Assembly) sails through.Interest charged on university and college student loans will be cut to 3% and the grace period for repayment increased to five years… Read More »

Kirinyaga University September 2020 Intake

APPLICATION FOR FULL TIME PROGRAMMES – SEPTEMBER 2020 INTAKE Kirinyaga University (KyU) wishes to invite qualified applicants to apply in the following programmes which will be offered under full time mode of study in the academic year 2020/2021. Click on thelink below to download the advert. Application for Full Time Programmes – September 2020 Intake How to Apply… Read More »

All Counties to finally receive cash as President signs into law the 2020/2021 County Revenue Allocation Bill

President Uhuru Kenyatta has this morning at State House, Nairobi signed into law the 2020/2021 County Revenue Allocation Bill paving the way for the disbursement of exchequer funds to the Counties. The new law allocates a sum of Kshs 369.87 billion in the current fiscal year to Counties and includes Kshs 316.5 billion of Equitable Share and Kshs… Read More »

Schools’ reopening plans opposed as two activists file petition

Plans by Education Cabinet Secretary, Professor George Magoha, to reopen schools have been opposed in the corridors of justice. This is after two Homa Bay based activists moved to court on Wednesday to block the reopening of all public and private schools. The activists, Evance Oloo and Michael Kojo, in their petition say many schools are ill prepared… Read More »